Alder Sawfly

 

 

 

This is an alder sawfly - Eriocampa ovata - larva.

 

The powdery white stuff is camouflage: they look very like bird droppings from a distance.

 

Crown of Capsules

Fencepost of the Week #210

 

Water Upply

Fencepost of the Week #209

Arising resplendent from the dankest of herbage. Technically it's a signpost, but still my Fencepost of the Week.

Rust-gill?

 

One mouldy mushroom on the log. These are from my visit to Kyoto in 2016. Probably one of the rust-gills - Gymnopilus, but I never did get a solid id.

Teh Hollowing

Fencepost of the Week #208

 

Teh hollowing :3 

 

Mossy Post of the Mossy Forest

 Fencepost of the Week #207

Adder's Tongue Ferns

 Most example images of adder's tongues are taken side on, something like this:

Adder's Tongue - Ophioglossum vulgatum

 

 

But if you are looking for ferns out in the field, what you will be presented with might look more like this:

Adder's Tongue - Ophioglossum vulgatum